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Does Anyone Know of Any Good Sites With Statistics?

Question by Krissy: Does anyone know of any good sites with statistics?
I’m looking for statistics on teenage drug abuse in the US from either 2008 or 2009?

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VIPS honored at Drug Abuse Symposium reception

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VERO BEACH — Local officials, supporters and others on the front lines of fighting the drug abuse pandemic in Indian River County were honored at a reception prior to the recent Indian River County Drug Abuse Symposium. The reception was held at the …
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Recreational Marijuana Users More Likely to Misuse Prescription Drugs

Recreational Marijuana Users More Likely To Misuse Prescription Drugs

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The company will present additional findings from the report during the 2013 American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting, April 11-14, 2013, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (booth 207). … Future research is needed to determine the exact …
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Overcoming aversion to flying expands options for the (formerly) fearful

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Faith Programs Target Drug Addiction

Faith programs target drug addiction

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Corwin said the six-year-old program focuses on intervention, education and support of individuals or family members affected by drug addiction in Crawford County. “I work with the courts and the jail and we try to get people the financing and …
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Profiles of Cape addicts in recovery: Corey Avery

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Prescription Drug Scourge Claiming Dozens of Lives in Haywood

Prescription drug scourge claiming dozens of lives in Haywood

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“A person can do an awful lot of doctor shopping in 30 days,” Hollingsed said. While re-selling prescription drugs is illegal, enforcing the law and catching … Jean Parris, a 73-year-old Canton resident, runs an educational program called “Drugs in …
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CALENDAR: Jazz at Yale, Italian lessons at Skappo, Chicken-raising advice

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Feingold: What Causes Morning Sickness When Pregnant?

Feingold: What causes morning sickness when pregnant?

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Symptoms vary from being mild to so severe that about 1% of pregnant women require hospital treatment. The theories concerning its cause range from too much estrogen to an evolutionary trait that protects the fetus from various toxins that could be …
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Health Calendar

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Rx Drug Take Back Day Prevents Abuse

Rx drug take back day prevents abuse

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OKALOOSA CO., Fla. (WALA) – The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration, or DEA, are giving residents the opportunity to prevent prescription pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, …
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Drug disposal program aimed at opioids, heroin addiction

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“Our law enforcement professionals recognize the steady growth of prescription drug abuse in the community, particularly among our youth. We have seen time and again that addiction often begins with minors stealing powerful narcotics from their parents …
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